open-pit mine

English

A former open-pit mine in Yakutia, Russia

Noun

open-pit mine (plural open-pit mines)

A type of mine where rock or minerals are extracted from the earth by their removal from an open pit or borrow.

Synonyms

opencast mine

Translations

mine with an open pit or burrow

Finnish: avolouhos (fi)
German: Tagebau (de) m
Korean: 노천광(露天鑛) (nocheon'gwang)
Spanish: mina a tajo abierto f
Swedish: dagbrott (sv) n
Welsh: mwynglawdd agored, mwynglawdd brig

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